The time of sunrise and sunset is very dependent on the precise location and the date in question.
You can calculate the time of sunrise and sunset easily by visiting the United States Naval Observatory web site's Sunrise & Sunset calculator. You will need the date, city and state for US locations, or the date, latitude, longitude and time zone for any other locations in the world.
The site is
http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications/data-services/rs-one-day
You can also calculate the times of sunrise and sunset for one year at a given location at the site:
http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications/data-services/rs-one-year
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The following information is provided for Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (longitude W87.7, latitude N41.9): Thursday
9 April 2009 Central Daylight Time
SUN
Begin civil twilight 5:51 a.m.
Sunrise 6:20 a.m.
Sun transit 12:52 p.m.
Sunset 7:25 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:54 p.m.
MOON
Moonrise 6:49 p.m. on preceding day
Moon transit 12:27 a.m.
Moonset 5:55 a.m.
Moonrise 7:58 p.m.
Moonset 6:22 a.m. on following day
Full Moon on 9 April 2009 at 9:57 a.m. Central Daylight Time.
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